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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/304081/p1-faces-of-churchill-lehr-201304194872*100xx2832-2832-809-0.jpg">David Lehr is retiring as track superintendent of Louisville's Churchill Downs Racetrack in May, marking the first time in 48 years that a member of the Lehr family will not be part of the track maintenance team.
Churchill Downs announced Lehr's retirement Tuesday and said it had tapped assistant track superintendent James "Jamie" Richardson to replace Lehr upon his departure on May 31. (Business First profiled Lehr in 2013.)
Lehr, who joined Churchill Downs in 1972, was only the fifth person in…<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/churchill-downs-names-new-track-superintendentas.htmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/whats-it-like-when-the-president-visits-your.htmlWhat's it like when the president visits your company?Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:39:26 +0000Rachel Aretakishttp://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_louisville/~3/z05p-5lUuzs/whats-it-like-when-the-president-visits-your.html
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4197451/indatusoffice201410140004*100xx2000-2000-500-0.jpg">Sunday evening, Indatus offiials were told that a high-level political executive would visit the Louisville tech company this week. On Monday, Indatus found out the visitor would be President Obama.
And today, about 50 Secret Service agents have been circling the company's Main Street office, securing the area for the president's visit on Thursday.
"We're honored — how could you not be? — to represent the city," said Todd Pritts, chief product officer of Indatus.
The company is hosting part…<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/whats-it-like-when-the-president-visits-your.htmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/the-bourbon-industry-is-full-of-sellouts-does-it.htmlThe bourbon industry is full of sellouts. Does it matter?Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:03:51 +0000David A. Mannhttp://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_louisville/~3/XZSq_Qdzedc/the-bourbon-industry-is-full-of-sellouts-does-it.html
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/3183371/bourbontumbler*100xx2000-2006-0-994.jpg">Angel's Envy is not the first bourbon brand to be sold to an international interest. Others include Jim Beam and Maker's Mark, which are owned by Japan-based Beam-Suntory Inc., and Wild Turkey, which is owned by Italy-based Gruppo Campri.
Anyone dedicated to growing the bourbon business is a friend of the bourbon business, no matter where they're headquartered, Wes Henderson chief innovation officer for Angel's Envy, said in an interview yesterday.
But does it matter that many of the key products…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/5474561/hancockluke*100xx1880-1879-871-0.jpg">A former University of Louisville basketball star says he's back in Louisville to stay.
Luke Hancock, who graduated with a business marketing degree last year, has joined the staff of Lamkin Wealth Management, a local financial-planning firm.
"Louisville has been so good to me," said Hancock on why he decided to come back. "The opportunities I've had here have been great."
He started last Monday as a financial planner with the firm.
Hancock was part of Louisville's NCAA Champion team in 2013,…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4214791/oldforestertasting201410290003*100xx1996-1996-707-0.jpg">Bacardi Ltd.'s entrance into the bourbon market doesn't appear to be affecting its relationship with Louisville-based Brown-Forman Corp.
Yesterday, we reported that Bermuda-based Bacardi purchased Angel's Share Brands LLC, the company behind Angel's Envy bourbon and rye whiskey. The acquisition marked Bacardi's entrance into the bourbon category, in which one of its partners — Louisville-based Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF-B) — is very strong.
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</div>http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/report-brown-forman-and-bacardi-will-continue.htmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/03/31/cant-get-enough-of-the-outlet-shoppes-of-the.htmlCan't get enough of The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass? You're in luckTue, 31 Mar 2015 16:48:05 +0000Caitlin Bowlinghttp://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_louisville/~3/g6mXdIIzF2s/cant-get-enough-of-the-outlet-shoppes-of-the.html
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/3326281/outlettshoppespreview046*100xx2000-2000-500-0.jpg">Just eight months after opening, The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass will add another 53,400 square feet of retail space.
Property owners Horizon Group Properties Inc. and CBL & Associates Properties Inc. will host a ground-breaking ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, where they also will reveal the names of the new stores that plan to open at the shopping center, according to a news release.
"It's rare for a shopping center to announce an expansion in less than one year of opening, so this…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/5462691/dietrich-bim*100xx1996-2000-388-0.jpg">Bim Dietrich disappeared from the Louisville culinary scene in 2008, but he had plenty to say last week as he looks to make his return.
Dietrich sat down with me for more than an hour and answered questions about his new concept, The D, which he hopes to get off the ground in the next couple of months. he also brief comments on Louisville's culinary scene.
If The D open in The Hilltop Theater, Dietrich said, the menu will indicate the sources of some of his food — a practice he thinks every restaurant…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4728781/profile-wendy-dant-chesser-201302144246*100xx627-627-323-213.jpg">As an angry fervor continues to build nationally toward Indiana's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed by Gov. Mike Pence, another Southern Indiana business organization has spoken out against the possible dangers the bill could pose for the state.
Wendy Dant Chesser, president of One Southern Indiana, an economic development organization serving Clark and Floyd counties, said in a statement Tuesday that she is worried about the perception the new law is bringing upon the state. Those perceptions,…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4231301/uoflfile201410300034-1*100xx1842-1840-705-0.jpg">The University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University lead the way in a new ranking that looks at the best values in the state for higher education, but the University of Louisville was not far behind.
The rankings were released earlier this week by SmartAccess, a financial data and technology company, which ranked state universities based on annual average scholarships and grants awarded, starting salary upon graduation, annual tuition and student living costs and retention rate, or the percent…<div class="feedflare">
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<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/5472961/boudreauxssnowcones059*100xx1768-1771-627-23.jpg">Middletown is getting an authentic New Orleans sno-ball shop tomorrow, April 1.
Boudreaux's New Orleans Style Sno-Balls has been the dream of J.J. Boudreaux, president of Community Marketing LLC, a company that sells peel-off discount cards to schools, which then sell them as a fund-raiser. The sno-ball shop is a side business with his son, Jason Boudreaux, who will serve as managing partner.
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